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CALCEOLARIA STANDISHIL 
Of the culture of the Calceolaria, scarcely anything needs here to be said. 
Cuttings of the present variety may be struck in a moderate heat about the com- 
mencement of autumn, or the latter part of the summer, and the young plants, when 
potted and established, can be kept in a cold frame during winter. In spring, as 
they increase in size, the pots should be gradually enlarged, and they will come into 
bloom about the month of June. If required to flower later, the first stems can be 
cut off soon after they make their appearance, and new ones will be protruded, 
which will blossom in September and October. The best compost is a sandy loam, 
with a small proportion of heath-soil, and an equally limited quantity of old and 
decayed manure. They should be watered very abundantly while growing, and 
often syringed over the foliage. 
Calceolaria is derived from calceolus^ a little slipper ; the bottom lip of the 
flower bearing a faint resemblance to that article. 
